The iPod has landed...

...into my hand. And it's a wonderful feeling.

I had preordered it from Target on Tuesday, expecting it to arrive Wednesday or Thursday, and was then rather annoyed when it didn't. My annoyance towards Apple (though, when I think about it, the delay may have been a Target problem) was then compounded when the new Ben Lee album, Ripe, which I had preordered (a month ago) and had an iTunes card ready and waiting on my bedside table, wasn't released on its expected release day of Saturday. However, they called Saturday afternoon to say it had arrived - unfortunantely at 4:30, which while I probably could have rushed down and picked it up, would have meant having to pay for parking and not having time to mess around with it anyway thanks to my sister's 18th.

So I picked it up after work today, and bought it straight home and began syncing. Finished relatively quickly which is great. I'd never really used an iPod before, so I'm still getting used to the click wheel, which worked a little differently to what I expected. I was also a touch annoyed as it didn't have the plastic over the screen that most devices with screens (like my mobile) had, only plastic over the whole device, and the screen was already dirty! Luckily, it came off with glasses cleaner, and I've now stuck one of my PDA's screen protectors over it (which I didn't do a very good job of cutting, but oh well) until I can get a case. Target has 25% off Belkin accessories at the moment, and there's some cases there I like the look of, but unfortuantely there's none for the new models, though I think I'll wait and see if I get one for my birthday (Mum offered that if I waited to buy the actual iPod, they'd give me part of the money for my birthday, but I concluded since I don't like knowing what I'm getting for my birthday, I wanted to be able to use it now since I use MP3 players most during semester and exam study and that there's a heap of accessories I want that I might as well get it now and get the accessories for my birthday). I must admit as well that the fact the back picks up fingerprints like it is no tomorrow is a pain, but I'll get over it. It was also great that once I logged into iTunes, the Ben Lee album was available, so I've downloaded that as well.

Now I'm sitting here listening to Ben Lee on my new iPod, and both are brilliant.